Today's Top Ten

We had a great day at church, folks were asking for the Top 10 at the end of today's sermon...So here it is for you to enjoy for the week, until we do another top 10.

1. Worship Freely...Let God's goodness inside of you, be expressed outside of you. Don't hold back...Give it all away
2. Pray Continually: Pray always...Speak with feeling and intensity, ween yourself off of rehearsed prayers, and talk to God about what is on your mind....
3. Share Openly: Do not filter your spirituality around unbelievers...in other words stop hanging out with unbelievers, people who don't share the same faith as you. Share with people you can relate too
4. Live Intentionally....Fill every day with kingdom content....Rom. 12:1 says I beseech you therefore brethren to present your bodies as a living sacrifice.  Live to sacrifice to God...Matt. 6:33, seek ye first the kingdom of God. The more you fill yourself with spiritual things the more spiritual and closer to God you will become. 
5. Serve Radically: Lead your family and friends into a spiritual connection. Don't be afraid to witness to them...Ask God to give you the holy boldness that you need so that you can speak freely about Him to them
6. Love Deeply: Love those that are hard to be loved.  Pray that God will give you the strength to do that...I know it's hard but with the power of God He can bring you there
7. Listen Carefully: Don't talk too much, let them do it. And let your listening be with your eyes and your heart.  Ask God to help you see the issues, not only hear it. 
8. Protect Vigilantly: This one is good, because the enemy like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. Watch out! Stay off his playground! Protect yourself, by letting God be your sword and shield.  Immerse yourself in the Word of God and learn from others experiences
9. Speak Honestly: This should be number one for a lot of us...If you don't know something don't make up an answer for it. Just say you don't know. Only speak about things that YOU KNOW. People hate it when you make things up, and most times they can tell when you are lying...because you keep on stuttering...LOL 
10. Rest Thankfully: Take a break...invest wisely in Sabbath Renewal.  Come to church and don't be locked up in your house.  Share with other believers...get renewed, and recharged then you can take on the rest of the week.  

Follow these simple ten things, and you will start seeing a difference in your life, as well as in the lives of others. 

God Bless 

Rep the KING!!!

Be Made NEW

These and many more can be found in the book called "The New Rebellion Handbook: A Holy Uprising Making Real the Extraordinary in Everyday Life"

There will be more Top 10's coming in the weeks of ahead...

Show Me What You Got!!!

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isa. 41:10

This life can be so hard some times.  Every now and then life can throw everything at you at once.  Just when it seems like you've got a hold on things, something can take it left field.  This week I had to deal with a difficult situation that almost brought me to my knees, and I wasn't sure if I was gonna make it.  But that's when I realized that my faith in the HIGHEST POWER there is...JESUS CHRIST had to kick in.  It was time for me show myself what I was working with.  I had to encourage myself, am I gonna let what's around me to change me, or am I gonna let what's inside of me change what's around me. 

You know it's kind of like a tea bag, yup that's right I said it a tea bag.  One of the things that I love so much about a tea bag is that when it's in the box it's not at it's fullest potential, but when you put it in some hot water then whatever is inside of it, begins to come out and change what's around it.  As a matter of fact that's when it's true flavor begins to show.  

Whenever you find yourself in hot situations, or in places that you don't like, don't let the worst in you come out, let the best in you come out.  Show them what you got...Show life what you got...Show pain what you got...Show misery what you got...Show them what you working with...

I don't know about you but I'm working with a Romans 8:37...In all these things, I'm more than a conqueror...

I'm working with a 1 Peter 2:9 I belong to a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people. 

I'm working with a 1 John 4:4...Greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world. 

I love the text that we started out with, Isa 41:10....The Message puts it like this, "Don't panic. I'm with you. There's no need to fear for I'm your God.  I'll give you strength. I'll help you. I'll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you.  

Need I say more...I don't think so..

SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT!!!

Be Made NEW